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Seneca's writings were well known in the later Roman period, and Quintilian, writing thirty years after Seneca's death, remarked on the popularity of his works amongst the youth. [79] While he found much to admire, Quintillian criticized Seneca for what he regarded as a degenerate literary style—a criticism echoed by Aulus Gellius in the ...
Seneca is shown to change the characterization of certain roles, particularly notable when looking at the differences between Seneca's Medea and Euripides', which shows that Seneca's dramas typically are similar to their Greek counterparts only in name and general plot. [14] Seneca's Medea is more belligerent than Euripides' Medea, showing ...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, known as Seneca, was born over 2000 years ago in Southern Spain and then educated in Rome. Seneca’s exposure to philosophy came from Attalus, a Stoic ...
The greatest Noldorin smith to have ever lived, he forged the three jewels known as Silmarils. Slain by Balrogs. Fíli: Son of Dís; nephew of Thorin. Older brother to Kíli. Slain defending Thorin in the Battle of Five Armies. Fingolfin: Son of Finwë and Indis. First High King of the Noldor who left Valinor for Middle-earth. Slain by Morgoth.
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Seneca the Elder is the first of the gens Annaea of whom there is definite knowledge. [1] During the renaissance his name and his works became confused with his son Lucius Annaeus Seneca. [2] In the early 16th century Raphael of Volterra saw that there must be two different men.
Jason is made a more appealing figure by Seneca - thus strengthening the justification for, and power of, Medea’s passion. [9] Nevertheless, the increased degree of stage violence in the Seneca version, [10] and its extra gruesomeness, has led it to be seen as a coarser and more sensational version of Euripides’ play. [11]
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Latin for "Moral Letters to Lucilius"), also known as the Moral Epistles and Letters from a Stoic, is a letter collection of 124 letters that Seneca the Younger wrote at the end of his life, during his retirement, after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for more than ten years.